That's how vile i am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a bloody Scot, that's how bloody awful it is being Irish!

Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.

Love is the source of our greatest errors; but when it is even partially refined it is the energy and the passion of the soul in its search for Good, the force that joins us to Good and joins us to the world through Good. Its existence is the unmistakable sign that we are spiritual creatures, attracted by excellence and made for the Good. It is a reflection of the warmth and light of the sun.

Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.

Words are the most subtle symbols which we possess and our human fabric depends on them.

A long marriage is very unifying, even if it's not ideal, and those old structures must be respected.

Every artist is an unhappy lover.